"Wealthy buisnessman Oliver Raine knew that he wanted Annie Lyncroft to be his wife from the moment he first saw her. Oliver is a very patient and controlled man, and was willing to wait until he had maneuvered Annie into a relationship. But Annie plays right into his hands when her brother's plane is lost at sea and is presumed dead. Annie doesn't belive that Daniel is dead and is determined to preserve his company for him. But she has no idea about how to run his electronics company and is hounded by creditors. She knows that she had to find someone else to run the company, but she can't take the buisness out of the family. Her solution is to propose a marriage of convenience to Oliver, who is a friend of her brother's and is heavily invested in the company. He agrees with the idea of eventually making the marriage permanent.
In order to make their marriage look real Annie moves in with Oliver, and they become very close. Annie falls in love with Oliver, and Oliver wants Annie. He swears that he will never let her go, but he will not admit that he loves her. He is afraid of showing any weakness and is used to controlling everythng around him. He is unwilling to give Annie any more power over him than she already has.
Things get even more complicated when it is discovered that Daniel was investigating fraud in his company at the time of his dissapearence. Facts lead Oliver and Annie to the conclusion that Daniel's plaine was deliberately sabotaged. The culprit becomes more desperate as they get closer to uncovering the truth. When he targets Annie in a final act of desperation, Oliver must rescue her before it is too late. In doing so, he is also forced to confront his true feelings for her."
Jess, Resident Scholar
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Review Analysis of Wildest Hearts
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Difficult/unusual lover?
Yes
How difficult?
- domineering
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- marriage of convenience spurring real love
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- rescue kidnapped secondary character
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- as romantic as a root canal
Sex makes him
- more demanding
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 90%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of sex
- descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
- descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 1-2 sex acts
